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Feb 08, 2018 Events

CHRI bags GuideStar India Gold award for 2018

Feb 07, 2018 Mumbai, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has been awarded the prestigious GuideStar India Gold award for 2018 and have joined India’s largest pool of credible NGOs after undergoing a rigorous due diligence process.

Feb 06, 2018 Press-releases

CHRI welcomes the first steps to establish an independent Police Complaints Authority for Delhi

February 6, 2018 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) supports the Delhi High Court’s approval today of a notification constituting a Police Complaints Authority (PCA) for Delhi, as paving the path to a strengthened police complaints body for the nation’

Feb 06, 2018 Press-releases

Don’t muzzle media, respect Constitution, SAMDEN to Kenya

Feb 6, 2018  New Delhi, India The South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN) today condemned what it called "increasing authoritarianism in Kenya and assaults on the press.

Feb 06, 2018 Publications Police Reform

CHRI’s Analysis and Recommendations on the draft notification setting up the Delhi Police Complaints Authority

This note presents Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative’s (CHRI) analysis and recommendations on the latest draft notification constituting the Police Complaints Authority for the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

Feb 05, 2018 Press-releases

Respect Supreme Court ruling, exercise restraint: CHRI to Maldives

Feb 4, 2018 New Delhi,India Disturbed by reports of clashes between security forces and demonstrators in the Maldives over the country’s Supreme Court verdict freeing political prisoners, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has urged the government to exercise restraint, respec

Feb 02, 2018 Press-releases

South Asian groups welcome Maldives Supreme Court order to release political prisoners

Feb 02, 2018 New Delhi, India The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and the South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN ) welcome the decision by the Maldives’ Supreme Court for the release of all political prisoners.

Feb 02, 2018 In-the-news International Advocacy and Programming

Post Brexit, Indian Subcontinent’s New Role in the Commonwealth

(Fair Observer) By Syed Muntasir Mamun and Yashasvi Nain With Brexit on the horizon, Britain’s relationship with the Commonwealth takes on renewed importance.

Jan 29, 2018 In-the-news Police Reform

It’s Important to Make India’s Police Force More Welcoming for Women

(The Wire). A gender diverse police force will be more equitable and more approachable.

Jan 28, 2018 In-the-news Access to Information

Kashmir’s information warriors

(The Hindu) Where the citizen-government gap is bridged by using the RTI Act for administrative reforms April 18, 2014 is a day the shepherds around Budgam town near Srinagar will not forget.

Jan 22, 2018 Publications Police Reform

It’s Time India’s Police Reclaimed Its Lost Time

By Basant Rath (The Wire) The 73-page report was titled ‘8 Hours Dream of Police’. Constable Ravindra Pandurang Patil of Mumbai police had, in his 17 years of service, sent the same report to successive police commissioners.